Site work for a water / sewer project in Concord, North Carolina. Conceptual plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

As of December 4, 2024, a design firm still has not been selected. Construction bidding is expected to take place at the beginning of 2025. The City of Concord provides water and/or electric service to a population of approximately 108,000 residents. There are approximately 46,000 water and 34,000 electric services. The City has experienced steady growth over the last decade. This growth is expected to continue; thus expandability of a potential AMI solution is an essential concern. The City's service areas for water and electric service vary greatly, so there are current and future service areas that will have water service only and do/will have an alternate electric utility provider. The City's approximately 45,000 existing water meters include residential, commercial, and industrial meters ranging from 3/4 -inch to 10-inch. For 2-inch and smaller, the City's current preferred meter is Badger. For 3-inch and larger, the City's preferred meter is the Octave. While not essential, it is generally preferred to utilize these assets with the new AMI system. However, meter age and new meter warranty will be a consideration as well. The following scope of work is currently envisioned for this project. The intent is to award the entire scope to one qualified firm or team of firms; however, the City reserves the right to contract separately for any portion of the project. This may include issuing a subsequent RFQ for certain tasks or assigning tasks to the City's on-call firms. By issuing this RFQ, the City is seeking a partner to determine the best path forward towards improving its business and finding ways to utilize current and future technologies to achieve that goal. Part of the scope that will be expected of the selected consultant will be to further identify and refine our goals prior to issuance of an RFP for an AMI vendor. Generally, the City's goals of implementing an AMI system are listed below: Improve customer service and customer experience Increase billing process efficiency Improve planning capabilities Improve system monitoring Improve asset performance Accurately quantify and reduce system losses Ensure future and backwards compatibility and minimize risk of obsolescence Implementation of Meter Data Management (MDM) system The project, and consultant proposals, will be defined by three phases. At the completion of each phase,the project and selected consultant will be evaluated, and a determination will be made by the City whether to proceed to the next phase with the selected consultant. The project phases as currently envisioned are described below. Note that this is not intended to be all-inclusive, nor is it guaranteed that all the below tasks will be utilized. A more detailed Scope of Work will be developed during negotiation with the selected consultant. Deadline for Vendor Questions to be submitted to the City May 15, 2023 The City reserves the right to reject any or all responses or delete any portion of the response, or to accept any response deemed most advantageous, or to waive any irregularities or informalities in the response received that best serves the interests and at the sole discretion of the City